#42DFB8#42DFB8

#42DFB8 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.141 H 172.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DFB8
RGB	rgb(66, 223, 184)
HSL	hsl(165, 71%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(165, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 0%, 17.5%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.40, -49.50, 7.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.40, 50.06, 171.44°)
OKLab	oklab(81.34% -0.1393 0.0189)
OKLCH	oklch(81.34% 0.141 172.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.2817, 57.3900, 54.4506)
Luminance	0.5739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DFB8 #DF4269

analogous

#42DF6A #42DFB8 #42B7DF

triadic

#42DFB8 #B842DF #DFB842

tetradic

#42DFB8 #6A42DF #DF4269 #B7DF42

square

#42DFB8 #6A42DF #DF4269 #B7DF42

split-complementary

#42DFB8 #DF42B7 #DF6A42

monochromatic

#188E71 #21C39B #42DFB8 #76E8CC #ABF1DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#42DFB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.48

#42DFB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DFB8

12.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DFB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DFB8	1.00	1.68	12.48	12.48
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8D0B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3C1BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42dfb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 223, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.141 172.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8beacd',
    500: '#42dfb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42dfb8;
$custom-light: #8beacd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42dfb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 223,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.096,
    "s": 71.041,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81336,
    "c": 0.14056,
    "h": 172.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.57394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DFB8

secondary

#94324A

accent

#3A67EE

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FDFA

border

#CED5D3

text

#0D1613

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DFB8

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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